If You Invested $1,000 in XRP When Trump Won the Election, Here’s What You’d Have Today

If you had put $1,000 into XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) the day Trump won the 2024 presidential election, you’d be on $2,840 right now. This means you would have made a gain of $1,840, or 184%, in about 18 months. But the investment barely captures how much volatility the XRP price has seen.

At its peak, that $1,000 briefly became $7,300 when XRP hit $3.65, before the XRP price declined to $1.40. For anyone trying to understand what actually happened and whether XRP was the smarter buy, here’s the full picture.

XRP Price Performance Since Donald Trump’s Win

XRP was priced at around $0.50 on election day, meaning a $1,000 investment bought roughly 2,000 tokens. What followed was one of the fastest rallies any major crypto asset has staged in recent years, followed by a price correction that’s still ongoing today.

Within two weeks of Trump’s win, XRP initially rallied by around 155%, reaching roughly $1.30 by November 14. By that point, the same $1,000 XRP investment had already turned into $2,600. The surge kept building through December as investors piled in on expectations that a friendlier regulatory environment was coming, which meant XRP climbed to around $2.87 in early December.

January 2025 brought XRP close to its 2018 all-time high of $3.40, briefly touching $3.38. At that point, your $1,000 was worth $6,760. The token stalled for a few months before finding another gear in mid-2025, reaching a new high of $3.65 on July 18, 2025. For anyone holding since election day, that moment turned a $1,000 bet into $7,300.

However, the XRP price fell as quickly as it rose. By December 2025, XRP had dropped back to around $1.88. A brief recovery in January 2026 pushed the price to $2.41 before broader market weakness dragged it back down to $1.44 in early February, its lowest level since 

Trump’s election win. Since then, XRP has spent most of 2026 grinding in a tight range trading at roughly $1.40 today.

Here’s how XRP has performed since Donald Trump’s win:

What Major Events Drove XRP’s Price During That Period?

XRP’s price chart from November 2024 to today has been shaped by four distinct events that pushed it both up and down.

Trump’s Win and the Pro-Crypto Pivot

Trump had campaigned on making the U.S. the global crypto hub, and the market repriced XRP almost overnight. The 155% gain in two weeks outpaced Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana during the same window. Large investors added roughly 1.42 billion XRP, worth around $1.5 billion at the time, within the first 14 days after the result. Institutions weren’t waiting around.

Gary Gensler’s Exit

Gensler’s SEC had brought enforcement actions against multiple crypto companies, and his departure on January 20, 2025, the day Trump was inaugurated, was a direct catalyst for XRP. The SEC had been suing Ripple in federal court since December 2020, arguing that XRP was an unregistered security. With a crypto-friendlier SEC leadership incoming, markets bet the lawsuit’s days were numbered. XRP’s push toward $3.38 in January 2025 reflected that bet directly.

The SEC Lawsuit Finally Ends

Ripple and the SEC jointly dropped all their appeals on August 7, 2025, officially ending nearly five years of litigation. The case closed with a ruling that XRP sold on public exchanges is not a security, which was a significant win for Ripple. XRP jumped more than 23% on the news before sellers stepped in. The SEC lawsuit win resolved the biggest legal issue around the token and cleared the path for banks, exchanges, and institutions to use XRP without fear of regulatory blowback.

Spot XRP ETFs Launch

The SEC approved the first wave of U.S. spot XRP ETFs in November 2025. Canary Capital’s fund hit Nasdaq on November 13, pulling in $245 million in its first week. Total XRP ETF inflows crossed $1 billion within four weeks—the fastest ramp-up of any new crypto ETF at the time. Despite that historic institutional demand, XRP’s price kept falling. Early investors and large holders used the new liquidity to exit positions, selling into the inflows and capping any recovery.

Was This a Better Investment Than Simply Buying Bitcoin?

On percentage terms, XRP wins, and by a wide margin. Bitcoin was trading at around $68,000 on election day. A $1,000 investment would have bought roughly 0.0147 BTC. With Bitcoin now at approximately $81,300, the investment is now worth about $1,197, a gain of $197, or close to 20%. That’s a solid return for 18 months, but it remains a fraction of XRP’s 184%.

The peak comparison is even more striking. Bitcoin hit its own all-time high of $126,000 in October 2025, which would have turned that $1,000 into roughly $1,855 at the top. XRP at its July 2025 peak would have been worth $7,300—nearly four times more. If you sold anywhere in the first half of 2025, XRP crushed Bitcoin. If you held through to today, XRP still wins, but the gap has narrowed considerably.